This is my Furfest 2015 con report. Yes, 2015. I actually wrote the whole thing as soon as I got back, but because I wanted to wait until done with the photos and translate it into Chinese, I eventually deferred it till now… Furfest 2016 is coming, gotta put this out before that, otherwise people might get confused.

Skipping to the head of the parade with Saxxon. That’s almost like cheating! Also, the twice-parade. 游行时和 Saxxon 一起站在最前面。差不多快要算作作弊了。还有，游行长到结束以后可以从头再回来一次。

Meeting three of The Grotto Creations fursuits in less than 30 minutes! (sadly wasn’t able to set up a photo shoot because just can’t stop photographing other fursuiters. Need to be more patient, grr) 30 分钟以内遇到三只 The Grotto Creations 兽装！ (可惜没有能够拍全家福，管不住自己去拍别的兽装去了。要耐心)

got to see Takun! Kev! Notch! Neybulot (which we should talk more often)! Fiber Kitty! AlysterWolf! ArcticSkyWolf! RamCat! And CanineHybrid in stealth mode! So many long-lost friends and fursuit crushes! 好多好久不见的朋友和我的兽装偶像！

Telephone’s panel. I swear, if they keeps that up it’s going to be bigger than Uncle Kage’s Story Hour… Telephone 的讲座。再这样下去人气要超过 “Kage 大叔的故事时间” 了。

Ordering a $30 meal and balancing the bowl on the leg to eat it 点了份 $30 的饭，然后把碗放在大腿上吃

main hotel is great for fursuiting. 主场地酒店对于穿兽装有优势

Dance competition rocks the socks off!!! 舞蹈比赛惊天动地！

I don’t think I actually used the 12-50mm lens this con. 这次兽展我好像没有用过 12-50mm 镜头。

Back in Anthrocon, I tried to make sure that when I asked fursuiters for a photo, I stop them for only the minimal time. Now I’m much less afraid to stop fursuiters for a longer time, and ask them to pose, or move around for better lighting (didn’t get used to bouncing my flash on ceilings until Monday). 在 Anthrocon 那次，每当问兽装表演者拍照的时候，我尽力减少停下他们的时间。现在我不那么害怕多停他们一会儿，问他们摆姿势，或者走到光照更好的地方（到周一我才适应用天花板反射闪光灯的光。）

even though it’s a big con, and mostly doing fursuit-related activities, I ended up chatting so much that my throat is sore! 虽然兽展很大，我也主要在做兽装相关的活动，最后还是聊了不少的天，以至于嗓子都有些沙哑。

TSA Agent giving announcements. Not notable in itself, but his rapid delivery and cool demeanor is almost entertaining. I appreciate the effort in trying to make travel better for all (2016 edit: especially in the holiday season), even though being TSA is a thankless job for the most part. TSA 安检人员发表的通告。通告本身并没有什么，但是他沉着的态度和讲话的速度快赶上相声了。我感激他在努力让大家的出行更好（2016注：特别是这是在节日期间），即使 TSA 是一个没什么人感谢的工作。

Disappointments 失望的地方

didn’t catch Fibre in suit (did get him out of suit && in the headless lounge) 没有在穿兽装的时候见到 Fibre (兽装休息室里面和没穿兽装的时候见到了)

didn’t see Fiber at all 根本没见见到 Fiber

didn’t get to do more than say Hi to ruki 和 Ruki 只是打了个招呼

Didn’t meet OMG fursuits, Trademark Fox, or

Only able to come in at friday night. Also, registration closed( who thinks that’s a good idea…) 周五晚上才能到。到的时候注册关门了

Forever alone while eating. (But I did use this chance to meet new people!) 吃饭的时候永远单身。 (遇见新同好的好机会！)

room mishaps. 房间问题。

Simply so much joy, nothing in the world could compare! Even when things aren’t going as planned I had lots of fun. 如此欢乐，世界上没有任何可以比拟！即使计划落空的时候，我也很高兴。

The atmosphere is so friendly, I can’t help being a bit friendlies too. I don’t know how many times people thanked me for taking their photos. To that I want to say:
大家都这么友好，这氛围让我也变得更和蔼了。我不知道多少次有人感谢我拍他们的照片。我只想说：

Thanks to everybody on staff and attended. Everyone I meet might not be perfect, but all are so approachable, enthusiastic, and truly example of the Furfest code of conduct : “be excellent to each other”. you make the world!
感谢所有主办和参加的人。你们也许并不完美，但是所有人都如此易于接近，如此热心，确实是 Furfest 守则 “卓越地互相对待”最真实的表现。世界因你们而精彩！

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翻译注记

Lemonbrat 上买的蝙蝠背心并没有怎么用 (但是还是觉得很享受) Didn’t use the bat hoodie from Lemonbrat that much (but it’s still enjoyable)

Amber那里买的衬衫有点小，也并没有怎么用 T-shirt from Amber was a little tight, didn’t see much use either

Really. The last journal (spur of the moment) took me better part of an hour. 真的。上一篇日志（心血来潮）几乎用了一个小时。

比起 Twitter 上 140 字的微日志，写长篇文真的很烦，特别是还要用双语写，时间变成双倍。Compared to 140 character microblogs on Twitter, it’s such a hassle to write long form, especially bilingually, which doubles the time. I dread the day I learn how to French… 学会法语会不会更糟糕？

I actually wrote my Midwest Furfest con report in English just after the con, but I waited to process photos to go with them. I’ll also need to translate when I do publish. 实际上 Furfest 的兽展报告，展会一结束就用英文写好了，但是我当时想等处理完照片一起放上来。发布的时候还要翻译。

The discussion observed that creating an engaging story is the work of both the writer and the reader. 谈话中提到创作令人不能自拔的故事，要作者和读者配合完成才行。所以真希会尽量拿出读者服务精神，作为作者主动把手伸过去，尽力能够拿出读者脑中已有的概念，让读者能够感受到例如“啊，魔王大人好可爱”。So Mamare would make an effort in fanservice, extend his hands as an author trying hard to invoke the existing concepts in the reader’s mind, and let the reader feel, for example, “oh, Her Majesty the Demon Queen is so adorable”.

To me this is a strange way to use the word fanservice. “读者服务”一词这样用我觉得很奇怪。一般“读者服务”总觉得有些“让读者简单的满足”的感觉，例如绘胸大的女孩子。Usually “fanservice” has that “satisfy the reader with the most expedient way possible” feel, like drawing a girl with a full buxom. Here though the word is used to describe something else. 但这里“读者服务”似乎指的是别的什么。

Tvtropes.org (a massive time-waster, never go there) is a wiki, that analyzes and catalogues elements of story telling, many which a creator can rely on the viewer respond in some way. The wiki calls those elements tropes. TvTropes.org (绝对的浪费时间，不要去那里) 是一个 wiki，主要分析整理讲故事中的元素，其中很多元素创作者可以有信心地预计观众会如何反应。With all this discussion about storytelling, it’s disappointing the page of the Maoyu characters is mostly based on how they are portrayed in the comic, instead of the novel, since it has never been translated into English. 可惜的是，虽然小说的附录有这么多关于讲故事的讨论，这个分析故事网站的《魔王勇者》的角色描述页基本上是根据漫画而不是小说完成的，因为小说从来没有被翻译成英文过。

But you can watch the anime on Crunchyroll. And you should. 但是（在北美）动画可以在 Crunchyroll 上观看。你也应该看看。

And Log Horizon, also by Mamare, is available in English in book and dubbed animation, so check that out too. 同为真希作的的《记录的地平线》，小说和动画都有英文版，也可以看一看。

I’m going to Midwest Furfest next week, coming in on Friday night and leaving on Monday afternoon.
下周末准备去Midwest Furfest, 周五晚上到达，周日下午离开。

I’ll be bringing my shiba fursuit, and one other “mystery” suit. I’m okay with hugs and touching, but please, no tickling! 🙂
我会带上我的柴犬兽装，还有另外一个“神秘”兽装。想摸摸或抱抱我都没有问题，但我怕痒 🙂

Out of suit, I’m Asian, male, black straight hair with a ponytail, what should be a rare sight in Chicago. Or you could just check the badge that says “Kakurady” (no badge name shenanigans). Best way to find me is sending me message on Twitter or Google+: https://twitter.com/kakurady
不穿兽装的时候我应该是芝加哥罕见的长发亚洲男性。当然看胸卡更简单，我的胸卡上写着“Kakurady” 。联系我最好的方法是在Twitter上给我发消息。

You can find the panels I’ll likely be attending at https://mff2015.sched.org/kakurady . This time, instead of spending all time at panels, I’m going to try spending more time just roaming in the hallways fursuiting and/or getting to know people.
日程安排请见这里： https://mff2015.sched.org/kakurady。这次我想试一下不要把所有时间都用在面板讲座上，留一些时间出来兽装趴趴走/和大家面对面交流！

I hope to take lots of photos! And uh… if anyone’s interested, I’d like to borrow/lend/swap fursuits? Let me know if you’d like me to try your suit, or if you’d like to try mine.
希望这次能够照很多照片！另外……呃，有没有人愿意试穿/出借兽装？如果你愿意试穿我的兽装或者愿意让我试穿你的兽装，请告诉我~！

我还没有贴任何东西，毕竟最近没有机会拍兽装照片。可能会去贴一些波姆的照片吧。
I haven’t posted anything there yet, since I haven’t taken any furry-related photos to post recently. I might go and post some pictures of Pom, though.

And I’m not leaving FA. IMVU hasn’t done anything yet, so I don’t see any reason to leave. And, despite the deluge of journals last month, most accounts I follow on FA hasn’t migrated to Wzl or IB.
我也不准备离开FA。IMVU还没有做任何动作，我也没有看到离开的理由。并且，虽然上个月很多人都在说他们要离开FA，我所关注的账户大部分还没有迁移到Wzl或IB上去。

I’m currently watching about 350 accounts on FurAffinity (a bit too much, I think), and I’ve went through all of them trying to see how many have Weasyl or Inkbunny accounts. Of the 350 accounts I watch on FA, just 60 are on Weasyl, and only 19 are on Inkbunny.
我目前正在 FA 上关注350左右个账户 (我觉得有点多)，于是一个一个地看了一下多少有 Weasyl 或 Inkbunny 账户。这350个账户中，只有60个在 Weasyl 上有账户，而 Inkbunny 上只有19人。

To find Weasyl and Inkbunny users in accounts I follow on FA, I searched (manually) through their user profile page and journal page. FA users can add their Inkbunny account to their contact information, but there is no such option for Weasyl, so some users link to their Weasyl account in their profile. Others announce their in Wzl/IB account in journals.
这件事比我想的要麻烦。FA用户可以把他们的 Inkbunny 账户添加到联系方式中，但是不能添加 Weasyl 账户。于是有些用户将他们的 Weasyl 账户放在个人简介中。其他人则在日志中公告他们的新账户。

Of course, this is just one person’s anecdote. Many of the 350 are inactive accounts, or multiple accounts held by the same person (for multiple characters, or separate business and personal accounts). It doesn’t count people who didn’t publish their Weasyl or Inkbunny accounts, people who deactivated their FA account, or people who never had a FA account to begin with. And Inkbunny allowing only people aged 18+ to register, means a lot of minors don’t have an account. Not to mention that Recaptcha does not load for Chinese users, so they can’t register… (Maybe I should sign up for Pixiv as well?)
当然这只是一个人的经历。350个帐号中，很多是不再活动的帐号，或者是一个人持有的多个帐号 (例如多个角色分别有一个帐号，或者商务个人分两个帐号)。其中没有不在FA公布Weasyl或Inkbunny帐号的人，禁用了FA帐号的人，以及从没有在FA上注册的人。Inkbunny只允许18岁以上用户也意味着许多未成年人不会有帐号。更不用说中国的用户打不开验证码注册不了…… (是不是该注册一个Pixiv帐号了？)

Still, I think it’s clear that FA is here to stay. And while the new UI beta is not Ferrox, I can appreciate giving FA a new coat of paint that works well with modern devices.
不管怎么说，我觉得要说 FA 时日不长，还是为时尚早。